Bio-diesel from sewage
FYI, a company in New Zealand has made bio-diesel with algae in sewage ponds: It is believed to be the world's first commercial production of bio-diesel from "wild" algae outside the laboratory – and the company expects to be producing at the rate of at least one million litres of the fuel each year from ...
FYI, a company in New Zealand has made bio-diesel with algae in sewage ponds:
FYI, a company in New Zealand has made bio-diesel with algae in sewage ponds:
It is believed to be the world's first commercial production of bio-diesel from "wild" algae outside the laboratory – and the company expects to be producing at the rate of at least one million litres of the fuel each year from Blenheim by April.
To date, algae-derived fuel has only been tested under controlled conditions with specially grown algae crops, said spokesman Barrie Leay.
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